Striking-clock.



No. 773,585. PATENTED NOV. 1, 1904. V. ODQUIST. STRIKING CLOCK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES I iatented November 1, 1904.

VICTOR .ODQUIST, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STRlKlNG-CLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,585, dated November1, 1904.

Application 516a April 14, 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIoToR ODQUIST, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Striking-Clocks, (CaseNo. 1,) of which the following is a fulL clear, concise, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification.

My invention relates to striking-clocks, especially t0 the kind whichare adapted to strike the same number of strokes at differentpredetermined periods in the day.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical, andinexpensive form of clock of this kind. In this specification I willshow and describe an Angelus clock-that is to say, a clock which isadapted to strike at six in the morning, twelve at noon,.and six atnight, rendering at each striking period a series of strokes consistingof three sets of three strokes each and one set of thirty-three strokesimmediately thereafter. It will be understood, of course, that I do notintend to limit the invention to this particular form of clock. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a front View of the works ormechanism of a striking-clock embodying my invention. Fig. i

2 is a side view of the same.

In the mechanism shown in the drawings there are provided front andrearplates 1 and 2, respectively, which are held suitably apart by posts 33, secured by screws to such plates in the usual manner. Between theseplates is arranged a time mechanism of any suitable or desired formthatis, a mechanism for actuating the hands of a clock to indicate the time.As this forms no part of my present invention, it has not been shown andwill not be described herein.

The minute-hand of the clock is understood to be mounted upon a spindle4and the hourhand upon a sleeve 5, both of which are connected with thetime mechanism in the usual or any other manner to cause the propermovement of the hands.

In accordance with the manner of carrying out my invention herein shownI provide the hour-spindle 5 with a pinion 6 and also provide a gear 7,meshing with the pinion 6.

Serial No. 102,778. (No model.)

The gear 7 is provided with three pins 8 8 8, two of which are arrangeddiametrically oppositeone another and the third on one side of the wheelat a point midway between such two opposite ones. The hour-sleeve 5 isalso provided with a cam 9 made with a somewhat spiral-shaped peripheryand having an abrupt edge 10. The pins 8 8 on the wheel 7 are arrangedto strike against the end of a wire or rod 11, which is secured to arock-shaft 12, suitably mounted in the plates 1 and 2. The pins 8 8 areso located that they strike the arm 11 at six in the morning, twelve atnoon, and six at night, it being observed that the wheel 7 revolves onceevery twenty-four hours. The rock-shaft 12 is also provided with rods orwires 13, 14, and 15, projecting in different directions, as shown inFig. 1. The rod 13 extends downwardly and has its lower end bent, as at16, and this lower upwardly-turned or bent portion is adapted to rideupon the cam 9 on the hour-sleeve 5 and pass over the abrupt edge 10thereof. The outer end of the rod 14 is bent transversely or laterallyof said rod at 17, as shown in Fig. 2. Above the spindle 12 is anotherspindle 18, and this is provided with two arms-or rods 19 and 20,

Fig. 1, whereof the rod 19 has its outer end bent backwardly, as at 21',Fig. 2, and the arm 20 is arranged over the bent end 17 of the arm 14and has its outer end bent downwardly, as at 22, Fig. 1. V

A spring 23 for driving the striking mechanism is mounted upon a rotaryspindle 24, which is suitably mounted in the plates land 2 and has itsends squared for a key. .,The

spindle 24 is provided with a driven gearwheel 25, which is driven by aspring in the usual manner, and this wheel 25 is provided with laterallyor sidewise projecting lugs or strips 26 26 27 27, having interveningspaces 28 28 between them. The lugs 26 26 are longer than the lugs 2727, and. the arrangement is as shown in Fig. 1, in which there are threelugs 26 26 26 and three sets of lugs 27 27, two in each, two of whichsets are between the three lugs 26 26 and the third of which is beyondthe endmost lug 26, whereby there are formed three sets of spaces 28 2828, with three spaces in each set, and then a large space Above thespring gear-wheel 25 is arranged V a train of mechanism for controllingor governing the movement of the wheel 25 by the spring 23. In thistrain the gear-wheel 25 gears with a pinion 30 on a spindle 31, carryingalso a gear-wheel 32, provided with a plurality of pins 33, arranged atintervals near its periphery, as shown in Fig. 1. The gear 32 mesheswith a pinion 34 on a spindle 35, carrying also a gear 36 and a disk orwheel 37 having its periphery recessed at 38. The gear 36 meshes with apinion 39 on a spindle 40, carrying also a gear-wheel 41, having a pin41. The gear-wheel 41 meshes with a pinion 42 on a spindle 43, carryinga fan 44. The disk or wheel 37 is so positioned that its recess 38 comesunder the bent end 21 of the arm 19, whereby such bent end can fall intothe recess 38, and thereby cause the engagement and locking of the wheel37, and thereby of the controlling-train. The arm 15 is so situated thatwhen elevated it will come into the path of the pin 41 on the wheel 41,and thereby prevent rotation of such wheel and of the wheels of thecontrolling-train. The pins 33 33 on the gear-wheel 32 are adapted tostrike against the end of an arm 45, projecting from a spindle 46,suitably mounted in the plates 1 and 2. The spindle 46 is also providedwith an arm 47 having its end bent inwardly, as at 48, Fig. 2. The bentend 48 is adapted to strike against and engage the lugs 26 27 or to passthrough the spaces 28 28, according as one or the other is presented.The spindle 46 is also provided with a strikerarm 49,which dependstherefrom and is adapted to strike a bell 50, understood to be suitablymounted in the clock-casing.

The operation of the device is as follows: At one of the periodsstatedeither six in the morning, twelve at noon, or six at nightone ofthe pins 8 strikes against the arm 11 on the spindle 12, therebyswinging said arm downwardly and swinging the arms 13, 14, and 15upwardly. The upward movement of the arm 14 lifts the arm 20, therebyWithdrawing the bent end 22 thereof out of the recess 29 in the wheel 25and releasing such wheel, whereby the spring is free to rotate. Theupward movement of the arm 20 by swinging the rockshaft 18 causes theupward movement of the arm 19, whereby the bent end 21 thereof isremoved from the recess 38 in the wheel 37, thereby unlocking the saidwheel. The wheel 37 thereupon begins to rotate, but is very soonarrested by the pin 41 coming into contact with the arm 15. As the wheel7 continues to rotate the pin 8 becomes released or substantiallyreleased from the arm 11, and

such arm, with the arms 13, 14, and 15, would drop back to its originalposition were it not for the cam 9 on the hour-spindle 5. This cam byrotating with the hour-spindle has come into such position that at thistime its enlarged portion is adjacent to the bent end 16 of the arm 13,so that it arrests said arm and prevents it from dropping back tooriginal position, and thereby prevents also the arms 13, 14, and 15from dropping back. As the hour-spindle continues to revolve, however,the edge 10 of said cam passes by the top of the upturned end 16 andthereupon releases the arm 13, which, with the arms 14 and 15, dropsback, the arm 15 in so doing releasing the pin 41, so as to permit therotation of the wheel 41. This completely unlocks the train controllingspring-wheel 25, thereby allowing the spring to cause rotation of suchwheel, it being observed that this final release of thecontrolling-train after the preliminary release by the pins 8 8 occursat the exact hour, and thereby insures the striking at the proper time,which might not be the case if actual or final release was brought aboutby the pins 8 8. The cam 9, it will be seen, acts upon the end 16 of thearm 13 at each revolution of the hour-spindle 5; but this cam is notlarge enough to cause the arms 14 and 15 to lift the arms and 19 fromthe wheels and 37, respectively. Consequently the cam 9 alone will notrelease the striking-train. The

action of one of the pins 8 8 is necessary to lift the pins 19 and 20sufficiently to disengage them from the wheels 37 and 25, respectively,and after this is done the cam 9 will hold the train from action untilthe proper time by holding the arm 15 high enough to engage the pin 41on the wheel 41. As soon as this release is completely accomplished bythe dropping of the end 16 of the arm 13 off the end of the cam 9 thespring-wheel 25 begins to revolve slowly, driving all of the wheels ofthe con trolling-train. The rotation of the gear 32 in this train causesthe pins 33 33 thereon to strike the end of the arm 45, swinging theupper end of the same to the left, Fig. 1, thereby throwing the hammeror striker 49 for the bell outwardly or away from the bell. Thisswinging movement of the arm 45 is produced by each one of the pins 3333 as it passes the end of such arm. The swinging movement of the arm 45produces a corresponding swinging movement of the arm 47, which is alsoon the rocking spindle 46. Whenever one of the lugs 26 26 or 27 27 isopposite the upper bent end 48 of the arm 47, such bent end 48 strikesagainst such lug, thereby intercepting a complete return swing of thearms 45 and 47 and consequently preventing the striker 49 from strikingthe bell 50. Whenever one of the open spaces 28 28 comes opposite bentend 48 of the arm 47, however, the end 48 is free to pass between thelugs, thereby allowing a full swing of the three arms on the spindle 46and permitting the striker 49 to strike the bell. The gearing betweenthe wheels 25 and 32 and the length of thelugs 26 26 and 27 27 are suchthat the arm 45 is struck by two successive pins 33 33 during the time alug 26 is opposite the end 48 and is struck once while a lug 27 isopposite such end. The spaces 28 28 are such as to allow the end 48 ofthe arm 47 to swing out and back once. The large open space between theend lugs 26 and 27 is such as to allow the arm 45 to be struck and swungthirty-three times by the pins 33 33. In this way it will be seen thatas soon as release occurs the bell will be struck once by the passage ofthe end 48 of the arm 47 through the first space28. Then the strikerwill be restrained for a period of one stroke, then allowed to passthrough the next space 28 and strike again, then restrained for onestroke, then allowed to pass through the third space 28 and strikeagain, then restrained during the period of two strokes, then allowed tostrike three times, with intervening periods, then restrained twostrokes, then allowed to strike three times, and then the finalthirtythree, thereby giving the Angelus strike of three successive setsof three strokes each, and then thirty-three strokes. It will be seenthat to secure any different number of strokes the lugs 26 26, 27 27,and spaces 28 28 can be arranged to produce the desired result.

It will be understood that my invention is capable of much modificationand change without departure therefrom, and hence I do not desire to belimited to the exact construction herein set forth.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a striking-clock, means forproducing a continuous actuation of the striker, and means forpreventing certainof the strokes thereof from striking, as set forth.

2. In a striking-clock, the combination of a striker, means for causinga continuous swinging movement of thesame to produce a continuousstriking, and means for limiting the extent of movement of certain ofsuch swinging movements to prevent striking thereby as desired,substantially as set forth.

3. In a striking-clock, the combination of a striker mounted on arock-shaft, an arm projecting from said shaft, a wheel provided withprojections adapted to strike said arm and cause a swinging movement ofthe striker, and means for limiting the extent of movement of certain ofthe swinging movements it has moved a portion of its stroke and beforeit has struck, whereby the swinging movement of the striker is shortenedto prevent striking when such projections are opposite said bent end andare allowed to continue to produce the striking operation when thespaces between said projections are opposite said end, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a striking-clock, the combination of a striker 49 mounted on arock-shaft 46 haying arms 45 and 47 whereof the latter has a bent end48, a spring-wheel 25 having lateral projections with interveningspaces, the projections being adapted to come opposite the bent end 48of the arm 47, and a second wheel 32 gear-connected with the wheel 25and provided with pins 33, 33, adapted to strike the arm 45, the wheel32 being arranged and rotated so that the arm 47 is swung away fromthe'projection on the wheel 25 when the pins 33 strike the arm 45,substantially as described.

6. In a striking-clock, the combination with the time mechanism, of astriking mechanism adapted to produce a continuous actuation of thestriker when released, means in the striking-train for shortening themovement of certain strokes of the striker as desired during such periodof continuous actuation, and means for releasing the striking mechanismat intervals during the day as desired, substantially as described.

7. In a striking-clock, the combination with the time mechanism, of agear-wheel driven thereby so as to rotate once in twenty-four hours, astriking mechanism adapted when released to produce a continuousactuation of the striker, means in the striking-train for shorteningcertain of the striking actuations to cause periods of silence, andmeans for releasing the striking mechanism from the twenty-four-hourwheel, substantially as set forth.

8. In a striking-clock, the combination with the time mechanism, of awheel connected therewith so as to be rotated once each twentyfourhours, a striking mechanism adapted when released to produce acontinuous actuation of the striker, means for shortening certain ofsuch actuations to produce periods of silence, means for causing aninitial release of the striking mechanism by the twenty-fourhour wheel,and means for causing a final release thereof by the time mechanism,substantially as set forth.

9. In a striking-clock, the combination with the time mechanism, of awheel 7 driven by the hour-sleeve 5 so as to rotate once in twentyfourhours, a striking mechanism comprising a striker 49, means for producinga continuous vibration thereof, means for shortening certain of suchvibrations so as to produce periods of silence, and a releasingmechanism for releaslng the striking, mechanism, said releasingmechanism comprising means for producing an initial release by thetwenty-fourhour wheel 7 and a final release by the hoursleeve 5,substantially as set forth.

10. In a striking-clock, the combination with the time mechanism havingan hoursleeve 5, of a gear 7 geared with the hoursleeve 5 and providedwith pins 8, 8, a spindle 12 having arms 11, 13, 1 1 and 15 whereof thearm 13 has a bent end 16 and the arm 14:

a bent end 17, a spindle 18 having arms 19' and 20 whereof the arm 19has a bent end 21 and the arm 20 a bent end 22, a spring 23, aspring-wheel 25 therefor, the spring-wheel 25 having a notch or recess29 and also having lugs 26, 26, 27, 27 with spaces 28, 28, between thesame, a controlling-train comprising gears and wheels 30, 32 (havingpins 33,) 34c, 36, 27 (having a notch 38,) 39, 41 (having a pin 1F.) and3 1, a fan 1 1, and a rock-spindle 46 having a striker 19, and alsohaving arms 15 and 17 whereof the latter has a bent end 18 adapted tostrike against the lugs 26, 27, and to pass between the same in thespaces 28, 28, substantially as described.

11. In a striking-clock, the combination of a striker, means forproducing repeated vibrations of the same, and means for shorteningcertain of such vibrations to prevent striking without interrupting thevibratory movement of the striker, substantially as described.

12. The combination with a swinging striker, of means for producingrepeated vibratory movements thereof, and means in the striking-trainfor shortening certain of such movements to prevent striking withoutinterrupting the continuous vibratory action, substantially asdescribed.

13. In a clock striking at irregular intervals, the combination with thestriking mechanism, of a releasing mechanism therefor comprising means,operating at regular periods to effect a final release of the strikingniechan ism, and means operating at some of said periods only, foreffecting a preliminary release of said mechanism, neither of said meansbeing capable of effecting a complete release alone, substantially asdescribed.

1 1. The combination with the striking mechanism, of the time mechanism,a twenty-fourhour wheel driven by the time mechanism and adapted torotate once each twenty-four hours, means for effecting a preliminaryrelease of the striking mechanism at approximately the desired time, bysuch twenty-four-hour wheel, and means for effectinga final releasethereof at substantially the exact desired time by the time mechanism,substantially as described.

15. The combination with the time and the striking mechanisms, of atwenty-four-hour wheel driven by the time mechanism and adapted torotate once each twenty-four hours, means for effecting a preliminaryrelease of the striking mechanism by the twenty-fourhour wheel atapproximately the desired time, and means for effecting a final releaseof such mechanism by the hour wheel of the time mechanism, substantiallyas set forth.

16. The combination with the time and striking mechanisms, of atwenty-four-hour wheel connected with the time mechanism, pins 8, 8, onthe twenty-four-hour wheel, a preliminary releasing mechanism actuatedby the pins 8, 8, a cam 9 on the hour-sleeve, and means actuated by thecam 9 for effecting a final and accurate release of the strikingmechanism, substantially as described.

17. The combination with the time and striking mechanisms, of atwenty-four-hour wheel 7 connected with the time mechanism and arrangedto rotate once each twenty-four hours, pins 8, 8, on saidtwenty-four-hour wheel, a spindle 12 having arms 11, 13, Hand 15,whereofthe arm 11 is adapted to cooperate withthe pins 8, 8, a cam 9 on thehour-spindle adapted to cooperate with the arm 13, a spindle 18 havingarms 19 and 20,whereof the arm 20 is adapted to be actuated by the arm14, wheels 37 and f1 in the striking-train,whereof the wheel 37 has anotch 38 adapted to engage the arm 19, and wheel 11 has a pin 411adapted to engage the arm 15.

18. The combination with the striking mechanism, of a releasingmechanism adapted to effect a preliminary release of the strikingmechanism, means for actuating such releasing mechanism slightly beforethe time for striking, a second releasing mechanism adapted to preventoperation of the striking mechanism even after the same has beenreleased by the first-mentioned releasing mechanism and adapted also torelease such striking mechanism when actuated, and means for actuatingsaid second releasing mechanism so as to cause actuation of the strikingmechanism at the exact time striking is to begin, substantially asdescribed.

19. The combination with the striking mechanism, of mechanism foreffecting the release of the same, means for actuating such releasingmechanism to cause a partial release of the striking mechanism, andseparate mechanism for actuating said releasing mechanism further toefiect the complete release of the striking mechanism, substantially asdescribed.

20. In a clock striking at irregular intervals, the combination with thestriking mechanism, of a release comprising releasing mechanismoperating at regular intervals, and releasing mechanism operating atsome only of said intervals, both of said mechanisms together beingcapable of effecting a complete release of the striking mechanism butneither of the same alone being capable of such action, substantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 11th day of April,A. l). 1902.

VICTOR ODQUIST. lVitnesses:

P. J. TOTZKE, A. MILLER BELFIELD.

